MCU 14/0106 Appendix F - Ecological Assessment

Outside Study Area

Site number               H33
Broad                     Eucalypt
Vegetation                open forest
Group
Radius of                 20
surveyed area
Characteristic            Abundance
Hollows in                Nil
trees and
stags
Fallen logs               Rare
(>10cm diam.)
Decorticating             Nil
bark




Course Litter             Rare to             Waterway                                        None
                          Occasional
(>2cm diam)
Fine Litter               Common              Pond/pool/dam                                   Absent
(<2cm diam)
Bare ground               Nil                 Wetland/swamp                                   Absent
Grass                     Occasional          Disturbance – wildfire                          Nil
Soil cracks               Nil                 Disturbance – grazing                           Nil
Stones (20-               Nil                 Disturbance clearing                            Nil
60cm)
Boulders (61-             Nil                 Disturbance – weeds                             Nil
2m)
Large                     Nil                 Disturbance - erosion                           Nil
boulders
(>2m)
Rock crevices             Nil
Exfoliating               Nil
rock
Other                     Other               Other observations                              Other observations
observations              observations
Remains                                       Heard

Scats                                         Seen
                                                                                              Next to site, direct
                                                                                              connectivity. Same habitat as
                                                                                              on site.
Tracks                                                                                        Connected directly with the
                                                                                              site, animals observed
                                                                                              moving freely.

Habitat Rank              Arboreal and or hollow dependent: Very Low
                          Terrestrial & Ground dwelling (reptiles, mammals and birds): Moderate
                          Amphibious or water dependent life stage/wetland dependent: Very Low



Abundance score 7 to 0:

Abundant, common-abundant, common, occasional to common, occasional, rare to occasional, rare, nil